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Introductory Abstract
Challenges in Defining Deontic Logic
(Supplementary Document)
1. Informal Preliminaries and Background
1.1 Some Informal Rudiments of Alethic Modal Logic
1.2 The Traditional Scheme and the Modal Analogies
1.3 Toward Deontic Logic Proper
(Deontic Wffs)
1.4 The Fundamental Presupposition of the Traditional Scheme
2. Standard Deontic Logic
2.1 Standard Syntax
(von Wright's 1951 System and SDL)
(Alternative Axiomatization of SDL)
2.2 Standard Semantics
(Kripke-Style Semantics for SDL)
(Two Counter-Models Regarding Additions to SDL)
3. The Andersonian-Kangerian Reduction
3.1 Standard Syntax
(Two Simple Proofs in K
d
)
(SDL Containment Proof)
(Determinism and Deontic Collapse in the Classic A-K Framework)
3.2 Standard Semantics
(Kripke-Style Semantics for K
d
)
4. Challenges to Standard Deontic Logics
4.1 A Puzzle Centering around the Very Idea of a Deontic Logic
Jorgesson’s Dilemma
4.2 A Problem Centering Around NEC
(
The Logical Necessity of Obligations Problem)
4.3 Puzzles Centering Around RM
Free Choice Permission Paradox
(
The Violability Puzzle
)
Ross's Paradox
The Good Samaritan Paradox
(
The Paradox of Epistemic Obligation
)
4.4 Puzzles Centering Around NC, OD and Analogues
Sartre's Dilemma
(
A Puzzle Surrounding Kant's Law)
(
Collapse of Conflicts and Impossible Obligations
)
Plato's Dilemma
4.5 Puzzles Centering Around Deontic Conditionals
(
The
Paradox of Derived Obligation/Commitment
)
Contrary-to-Duty (or Chisholm’s) Paradox
(A Bit More on Chisholm's Paradox)
The Paradox of the Gentle Murder
4.6 Problems Surrounding (Normative) Expressive Inadequacies of SDL
The Normative Gaps Puzzle
Urmson's Puzzle—Indifference versus Optionality
The Supererogation Problem
The Must versus Ought Dilemma
The Least You Can Do Problem
(A Framework for Common Sense Morality in Non-Conflict Contexts)
4.7 Agency in Deontic Contexts
The Jurisdictional Puzzle and the Need for Agency
A Simple Kangerian Agency Framework
(Inaction versus Refraining/Forebearing)
The Meinong-Chisholm Reduction: A Simple Recipe for Agential Obligations
A Glimpse at the Theory of Normative Positions
(
Deontic Compliments
)
An Obligation Fulfillment Dilemma
(
The Leakage Problem
)
4.8 Challenges regarding Obligation, Change and Time
5. Conclusion
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